University of Edinburgh facts for kids
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Campus | Urban |
The University of Edinburgh is a university in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The university's Old College
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The building that houses the university's Institute of Geography was once part of the Royal Infirmary.
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he English Literature department, the longest-established centre of literary education in Britain, was founded in 1762 when Rev. Hugh Blair was appointed the first Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres by George III.
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The Edinburgh Medical School's historical main building on Teviot Place
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Peter Higgs, physicist and emeritus professor, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 2013
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Former British Prime Minister and consecutive 10-year-long Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is an alumnus and former rector of the University of Edinburgh.
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James Barry, surgeon
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Alexander Graham Bell, engineer and inventor
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Joseph Black, chemist
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer
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Charles Darwin, naturalist
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David Hume, philosopher
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James Hutton, geologist
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W. D. Ross, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
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James Clerk Maxwell, mathematical physicist
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George Newman, Chief Medical Officer for England
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Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister
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Sir Walter Scott, novelist and poet
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Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist
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Bill Gates (2006), Principal founder of Microsoft Corporation
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Louise Richardson (2018), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
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Justin Trudeau (2017), 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
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Michael D. Higgins (2015), 9th President of Ireland
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Alan Greenspan (2004), 13th Chair of the Federal Reserve
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2013), 11th President of India
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Irina Bokova (2010), 9th Director-General of UNESCO
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In Spanish: Universidad de Edimburgo para niños